A cheeky gorilla sticks her tongue out and plays up for the camera at Bronx Zoo. After a morning spent wandering around her enclosure, the restless ape finally sits down to relax, but not before showing off numerous facial expressions. Israeli zoologist and wildlife photographer Michal Samuni-Blank photographed the playful western lowland gorilla when she visited Bronx Zoo in New York. Michal of New York, says: “The gorilla’s name is Julia and she has a very special personality. She is very outgoing and is one of a few gorillas in the zoo that interacts with the visitors.
STARING intently into the camera, a polar bear appears to be lost in thought while relaxing in the snow .
A chipmunk, with his cheeks full to bursting, has no intention of leaving with an empty stomach .
WOMB STROKE SURVIVOR AMAZES DOCS BY TAKING FIRST STEPS - A little girl who suffered a catastrophic stroke in the womb which would have killed an adult has stunned the medical world by learning to walk, talk and see .
More weather chaos is heading our way, with ice and snow already hitting areas across Birmingham .
A TAXIDERMY truck spotted in America’s Deep South could be the most gruesome wagon on the road .
STAR-TI-LING: 40,000 STARLINGS MIMIC HITCHCOCK'S THE BIRDS- This could be the fearsome scene from Alfred Hitchcock's The Birds as a flock of 40,000 starlings bask in the heat of a wonderful British sunset .
A TEN-THOUSAND square foot wide Avatar-style grove is such a beauty it will leave you feeling VINE .
A SPECTRUM of colours fills the sky during this spectacular and natural display of light .
A woman was diagnosed with cancer after a cyst left her so bloated medics were convinced she was pregnant .
SOARING through the air, a hungry white-tailed kite prepares to snatch a vole from his mother’s claws .
SOARING at 112 miles per hour through the air, this petite blonde certainly lives up to her title as the fastest flying woman in the world .
POWERFUL bolts of lightning illuminate the night sky in an incredible autumn storm over the Sardinian coastline .